GIS: Geographic Information Science  Tags: gis geographic_information_systems geospatial geospatial_data gis_data remote_sensing satellite_imagery spatial spatial_data arcgis arcview  

This guide "tries" to answer your questions about GIS (Geographic Information System, or Science, whichever you choose!)

Also visit Library's Gov Info - GIS website!

Please contact me (email: c-maene) if you have any questions about software, related hardware, data or methodologies, or anything related to GIS.

One-on-one research consultation is also available with appointment (online form or email: c-maene). Beginners are welcome!

Geospatial Data Report
Search GIS data by geography & topics

ESRI ArcGIS 9.3 Tutorials
ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Extensions come with tutorials and tutorial data to help you learn to use the software. You can use the links above to open PDF versions of the tutorials, or to view animations based on the tutorials.

ESRI Resource Center
Free online datasets, tutorials, scripts and models for ESRI software users. Click on topics (try "Geoprocessing" under Functions) and then click on "Community" next - here, you can access tutorials and additionals tools (scripts, models & templates).

GIS refers to either "Geographic Information System" (software) or "Geographic Information Science" (discipline). As a tool, GIS can be defined as a system "capable of capturing, storing, analyzing, and displaying geographically referenced information." - see USGS "What is a GIS"

The Govinfo department has provided reference and instruction services to the campus GIS users since 1999. The main GIS software the library provides is Desktop ArcGIS (ArcView version.) Click on Learn GIS page to learn more about software access on campus.